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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.